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http://dx.doi.org/10.7474/TUS.2018.28.5.400

Hydro-Mechanical Modelling of Fault Slip Induced by Water Injection: DECOVALEX-2019 TASK B (Step 1)  

Park, Jung-Wook (Geologic Environment Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mining Resources)
Park, Eui-Seob (Geologic Environment Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mining Resources)
Kim, Taehyun (Geologic Environment Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mining Resources)
Lee, Changsoo (Radioactive Waste Disposal Research Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Lee, Jaewon (Radioactive Waste Disposal Research Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
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Tunnel and Underground Space / v.28, no.5, 2018 , pp. 400-425 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study presents the research results and current status of the DECOVALEX-2019 project Task B. Task B named 'Fault slip modelling' is aiming at developing a numerical method to simulate the coupled hydro-mechanical behavior of fault, including slip or reactivation, induced by water injection. The first research step of Task B is a benchmark simulation which is designed for the modelling teams to familiarize themselves with the problem and to set up their own codes to reproduce the hydro-mechanical coupling between the fault hydraulic transmissivity and the mechanically-induced displacement. We reproduced the coupled hydro-mechanical process of fault slip using TOUGH-FLAC simulator. The fluid flow along a fault was modelled with solid elements and governed by Darcy's law with the cubic law in TOUGH2, whereas the mechanical behavior of a single fault was represented by creating interface elements between two separating rock blocks in FLAC3D. A methodology to formulate the hydro-mechanical coupling relations of two different hydraulic aperture models and link the solid element of TOUGH2 and the interface element of FLAC3D was suggested. In addition, we developed a coupling module to update the changes in geometric features (mesh) and hydrological properties of fault caused by water injection at every calculation step for TOUGH-FLAC simulator. Then, the transient responses of the fault, including elastic deformation, reactivation, progressive evolutions of pathway, pressure distribution and water injection rate, to stepwise pressurization were examined during the simulations. The results of the simulations suggest that the developed model can provide a reasonable prediction of the hydro-mechanical behavior related to fault reactivation. The numerical model will be enhanced by continuing collaboration and interaction with other research teams of DECOLVAEX-2019 Task B and validated using the field data from fault activation experiments in a further study.
Keywords
Fault slip; Water injection; DECOVALEX-2019; TOUGH-FLAC; Coupled Hydro-Mechanical Analysis;
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